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Chapter 104: Chapter 101 Peace and Tranquility
"Who do I go to for the fourth generation fighter designs if they come asking me for them?"
Xie Yusheng stroked his chin, "Now that I think about it, could this person be a walking half a million?"
However, he quickly dismissed the thought.
If the spies from abroad who were called ’walking half a millions’ had such intellect, wouldn’t their countries be doomed?
But then again...
Are the intelligence agencies from abroad known for their lack of stupid operations?
At this point, Xie Yusheng got excited, "Is it possible that if I send them the model and data for the ’Xuan Nu’ fighter from my Southern Heavenly Gate Chronicles, they might actually help me perfect the data? The personnel from those foreign institutions are more professional than me, right? If that’s the case, won’t I be getting a free lunch?"
He planned to find an opportunity to ask and see if this "Qian Star person" took the bait.
If they really fell for it and perfected the model data for his "Xuan Nu" fighter, then he could pull another one with the "Qingluan" aerial carrier platform, the "Cheng Ying" tactical mecha...
Whoa.
It looks like he has to take this half a million...
Take this investor seriously.
At the very least, he needed to be more serious about the data to avoid exposing flaws.
Data he didn’t understand?
He knew plenty of sci-fi game planners. It was just a matter of who could bluff whom.
No problem if he guessed wrong.
Idle hands are the devil’s workshop, anyway.
...
The data took a long time to send.
Gu Jinlai used quite a bit of time to finish receiving the materials related to the Mystic Bird fighter.
When he opened the data and saw the information inside, he couldn’t help but inhale sharply, "Hiss! Has Blue Star’s cutting-edge technology advanced so much!? An aerospace integrated craft, equipped with a high-density energy core, two nuclear power circulation engines, a set of induction-type force field drive devices, weapon-wise, fitted with a set of pod-style pulse particle accelerator cannons, two sets of small laser rapid fire cannons, six sets of ultra-high-speed mid-to-long-range air-to-air missiles, four sets of ultra-high-speed short-range air-to-air missiles..."
This...
Seems a bit too sci-fi.
But then...
Their country always had a principle of equipping one generation, developing another, preparing research for another, and exploring yet another generation ahead.
Since the fourth-generation aircraft was already equipped, this kind of...
Fifth or maybe sixth generation could’ve been developed in the laboratories; it seemed quite plausible.
After all, he was just an ordinary person with nothing special about him when he was on Blue Star, utterly unaware of the actual extent of their fighter development.
"But this data... is a bit rough."
Gu Jinlai scrutinized it for a while, his face becoming serious.
Calling it rough was an understatement.
Many things seemed to be just a series of figures.
Such rough stuff...
Could an actual product be manufactured from it?
"Perhaps, in their eyes, I’m an alien with cutting-edge technology, and many ’common knowledge’ things should be clear at a glance, not worth mentioning in detail, so they glossed over them," thought Gu Jinlai as he went through the data, "It’s a bit of a hassle... but having a direction and data is at least better than me trying to create a co-spirit out of nothing."
He let out a deep breath.
Constructing this Xuan Nu fighter was going to be a huge project.
He even had to dismantle it, doing it step by step.
Energy core...
He thought of the Eternal Furnace.
The nuclear power engine was analogous to the energy utilization of the Eternal Furnace.
The force field drive device was challenging.
But then, Gu Jinlai thought of something.
The Floating Island design diagram Zhao Qianxin sent him seemed like it could be referenced.
The rest—particle accelerator cannons, laser rapid fire cannons, mid-range and long-range missiles...
All were tough projects.
But if he could make them a reality...
Forget about contending against Primordial Spirit True Monarchs, he could shoot them down from the sky in minutes.
"My spiritual sense is growing stronger, the manifestation of the True Spirit is not far off, and once the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method reaches Cultivation Perfection, the skill it derives—True Spirit Manifestation—could divide the True Spirit into two, four, up to ten or a hundred, attaching it to any Spiritual Artifact I create. If I really could make the Xuan Nu fighter come to life and operate it with the True Spirit, forget about Primordial Spirit True Monarchs, even Devas stepping into the Void Realm could be challenged..."
For a moment, Gu Jinlai couldn’t help but be lost in thought.
Devas!
Without exception, all were absolute dominators.
Even among the Ten Great Demon Sects including the Purgatory Sect, there were no Devas to sit in command.
This illustrated just how powerful such beings were.
"Having established contact with Blue Star, I needn’t worry about support for some reserve technologies, so next is to focus on the immediate future," thought Gu Jinlai, as he rose into the air and stepped outside the "Heavenly Eye."
"Gu Junlei, you have a new mission," said Gu Jinlai.
He set about arranging tasks for creating the radar model and the Xuan Nu fighter model.
In addition, he also arranged for the creation of two molds for the short-range defense cannons.
After all, one short-range cannon’s safety was somewhat inadequate.
Having three to form an interlocking field of fire would ensure safety even when facing several Divinity Transformation Cultivators.
...
Time passed by.
Another several months had passed.
Gu Jinlai stood in the courtyard, bathing in the sunlight.
Under the stimulation of the sunlight, the accumulated hydrogen elements in his body underwent the refinement of heavy hydrogen and super heavy hydrogen. These heavy hydrogens, once processed through co-spirit, endowed with life and exploding mightily under the simulated Great Sun’s spirituality, released tremendous energy during their aggregation into helium, cleansing himself in waves.
"Crackle and pop!"
Astonishing high temperatures radiated from Gu Jinlai, causing some of the dry and yellow leaves and vegetation in the courtyard to spontaneously combust without fire.
However, as this energy cleansed him and fortified his physical body, the techniques of the Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method emerged.
Refine essence into energy, refine energy into spirit.
The vast essence energy, transformed by the Great Sun, merged with the spirituality that dissipated from the soul, refining into spiritual sense.
As this spiritual sense accumulated to a certain level, Gu Jinlai felt a slight tremor in his spiritual world.
The accumulated spiritual sense seemed to have reached a qualitative change, becoming more concentrated and tangible. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝔲𝔟.𝖈𝖔𝔪
"Great Heavenly Master..."
Gu Jinlai slowly exhaled a breath.
He was somewhat surprised, yet it was within reason.
"It’s about what I expected," he remarked lightly.
Since he took up the path of the Heavenly Master, a year had passed, and at last, he had amassed enough spiritual sense strength to reach the level of a Great Heavenly Master.
To achieve this goal, his demon body had hardly advanced and was still at the peak of an Upper Demon.
Fortunately, his goal was finally realized.
"With spiritual sense at the level of a Great Heavenly Master, the next step is to condense the True Spirit. This time, the condensation of the True Spirit is not a temporary experience like before where each experience would deplete my spiritual nature. This time... it’s the real True Spirit."
Gu Jinlai’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
True Spirit, on par with the Primordial Spirit.
A Heavenly Master who successfully cultivates a True Spirit can be called a Heavenly Monarch.
Throughout the ten thousand years of history of the Heavenly Masters, the number who have become Heavenly Monarchs are few and far between.
Ultimately, it boils down to the process of condensing spiritual sense during the transformation from refining energy into spirit, which is quite taxing on oneself.
Not to mention when they employ soul secret techniques, often at the expense of damaging their soul.
Most Heavenly Masters, therefore, have short lifespans.
Without sufficient time to accumulate strength, naturally, not many experts are born.
If not for the fact that Divinity Transformation Cultivators and Primordial Spirit Real People face limited killing power against the intangible Demon Spirits, the Heavenly Masters would not hold such a revered status.
"A hundred years ago, during the golden age of the Heavenly Master Path, the number of Heavenly Monarchs didn’t exceed ten. As for now..."
Gu Jinlai closed his eyes.
Techniques for True Spirit condensation flowed through his mind.
He delved into deep meditation, touched his soul, and guided the projection of his soul’s power, carrying it with his transformed spiritual sense.
This process required some time, but with his Perfect Level Grand Sun Nine Refinement Visualization Method, it wouldn’t take too long.
At this moment, Gu Chaoyang and Gu Xiangyang hurried over.
Seeing Gu Jinlai cultivating, they promptly stood to one side and dared not disturb him.
However, Gu Jinlai, whose spiritual sense had greatly increased, was more sensitive than before.
Although he had not reached the insight of a Refining God capable of perceiving his surroundings, he still quickly ended his cultivation and opened his eyes.
"Is there something you need?"
"The Star State Capital has sent an invitation. The Meteor Star Guard will hold a grand meeting next month, inviting all Sects and powers within Star State to convene outside of Starlight City at Ten Miles Slope, to discuss the future course of Star State amid the great chaos," declared Gu Chaoyang.
"Acknowledged," replied Gu Jinlai.
"This gathering will include all powers. According to the Meteor Star Guard’s intentions, they want to confirm each party’s territory, to prevent wasting strength on internal strife and instead, focus more energy on combating Demons," continued Gu Chaoyang, his voice tinged with a hint of gravity. "A month ago, the last city in Beimu State fell, and a Demon Demon King has emerged, resulting in the entire fall of Beimu State."
"The whole state has fallen!"
Gu Jinlai’s expression sharpened.
In the Daqian Territory, besides Qian Zhili, there are the four Upper States of Sun, Moon, Star, and Central, occupied by the Heavenly Demon Holy Temple, Sanqing Holy Temple, and Daqian. There are also thirteen Central States including Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple, Black, White, plus River, Lake, Sea, and so on, filled with shadows of the Ten Great Demon Sects and six major sects.
Beyond these are the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, and geographical directional Lower States.
Lower States refer to those with a population of less than ten million—underdeveloped states.
Even so, they are still territories of their own states.
The whole of Beimu State has fallen...
"Daqian is divided into north and south by the Tianhe Demons, with the Heavenly Demon Hall, Sanqing Holy Temple, and Daqian Imperial City all in the north. The south shouldn’t have seen any Demon Kings, but now..."
Images of Beimu State’s geography filtered through Gu Jinlai’s mind.
Compared to Star State, Beimu State is even further south, separated by a Blue State occupied by the Cold Moon Demon Sect.
While there was one state between them, even that was a territory held by one of the Ten Great Demon Sects, the Cold Moon Demon Sect.
But in terms of distance...
Particularly for Lingxiao City, which lay southwest of Star State, it was already less than a thousand miles away.
Therefore, he could not afford to miss this assembly, which was clearly meant to unite against the impending threat of the Mu State Demons.
"During this time, the Short Range Defense Cannon has completed its co-spirit transformation, truly becoming a Spiritual Artifact..."
Moreover, in a crucial moment, he too could undergo True Spirit Possession and activate a Short Range Defense Cannon.
Even if he travelled to the Star State Capital, he would still have the means to protect himself.
"Then I shall go," said Gu Jinlai, turning to Gu Xiangyang, "And what about you? What’s the matter?"
"It’s about the Primordial Spirit Pill," replied Gu Xiangyang somberly. "We’ve been buying up Primordial Spirit Pills everywhere recently, causing their prices to skyrocket. Some opportunists have been hoarding elixirs, hoping to make a fortune out of us, and among these people, the leading figure... is Star State’s largest elixir supplier, the Heavenly Grass Pavilion."
